Nafe (Kwamera)

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Martial wahe

v intr

Speaker: Martial wahe

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Speaker: Wahe Martial

gratter le cocos.

(Bislama) sikrasem coconat

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: The leaf can be used to wrap food for carrying, for example, wrapping up crabs.

Scientific name: Dillenia biflora, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v deprouser le jardin.

(Bislama) brasem new garen

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[jaku jaku] n.

Scientific name: Portulaca oleracea, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Chanos chanos via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

pour ton chien

(Bislama) fakem dog blo yu

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: When parents go away to a feast or garden, children take a pile of soil 12 in. diameter, put this flower on top, surround wth some ashes and then hide in the house to wait to see if the dwarf spirit appears (Karwase Haruase). Sometimes the spirit will come and then scare the children. Ancestors used these spirits and games to teach children to stay together and not wander alone. As the dwarf spirit will take you.

Scientific name: Volkameria inermis, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n caillou

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Epinephelus areolatus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Plectropomus areolatus via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Tony Morris, License: CC BY-NC 2.0 via Flickr

Scientific name: Oceanodroma tristrami, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Kyphosus cinerascens via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Eskar

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Ctenochaetus striatus, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by givernykate / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Hemidactylus frenatus via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial wahe

[the spelling "mahk" was transcribed by Goerg Forster on Capitain Cook’s 1774 visit t]

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by J. E. Randall, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Scarus globiceps via FishBase, Speaker: Martial Wahe

[marəs marəs] n.

Example: People toss sticks made from the stem of this plant at flying fox to tear their wing so they can’t fly and are caught.

Scientific name: Schefflera neoebudica, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nami̤rou] n.

Example: The wood is used to make house posts, it is said to be very hard. It is also burned for firewood.

Scientific name: Glochidion, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n.

Example: This tree is planted to mark the area of a Nakamal. Young roots used as bowstring..

Scientific name: Ficus prolixa, Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: 1. Fowl sometimes lay their eggs in the center of these ferns.

Scientific name: Asplenium australasicum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Used during shaving ceremonies leaves mixed with Euodia and mashed coconut and used to oil the body of young man being shaved and the person doing the ceremony. Stems when mashed are very fragrant and also tied around head. Ceremony for young lady who has first menstruation, she goes away with her family, when she comes back cover her with same mixture of plants to make her nice. During her first period she is separated from her family. Ancient people, when needed water, take stem, mash 4-6 pieces and squeeze into coconut shell and drink it. So squeeze the stems together after mashing them alo

Scientific name: Alpinia, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Example: Eaten ripe

Scientific name: Musa spp., Speaker: Johnson Noar

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Example: People use trunk for houseposts as the stem is very straight. The stem also can be used for firewood.

Scientific name: Syzygium myriadenum, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Tabernaemontana pandacaqui, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

n.

Example: 1. The fruits are considered a special delicacy for men of Tanna island. Further information withheld.

Scientific name: Pometia pinnata, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

[nafare] n.

Example: The leaves are woven to make mats, hats, baskets, fans. When pollen is released from the flower it is said that fish in the sea are healthy. The roots are used for tying things, pound pieces of root and strip them off and weave into rope. A person can cut a root in a way that makes a brush to paint grass skirts and other objects. This rope can also be used to tie various leaves that are used to cover lap-lap. The leaves can be harvested, the fiber removed and woven into rope.

Scientific name: Pandanus tectorius, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

[napurnapur] n.

Example: Fuel: Firewood Construction: Used to construct posts for houses. Tools: Wood is used to fashion handles for axes. Hunting: Wood is used to make the limbs of a bow. It is not considered the most suitable wood for this purpose.

Scientific name: Garcinia pseudoguttifera, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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(Bislama) taro

Scientific name: Bislama, Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Example: Wood is hard to make house posts. Stem to make bow for hunting birds, fruit bat.

Scientific name: Casuarina equisetifolia, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

[nikinapus] n.

Example: Young boys make bows from the stems of this plant, and use them for hunting as the wood is hard and strong. If a boy needs a bow urgently, to hunt, he can use this.

Scientific name: Acalypha cf. repanda, Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: Wood is very hard and good for making canoe. Wood is good to build house (house posts). Takes seeds from dried fruit, break them open, boil in water and collect oil that rises to the top. This oil used as massage oil. Rub oil from dried seeds in hair to kill lice.

Scientific name: Calophyllum, Speaker: Johnson Noar

Speaker: Martial Wahe

la force

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Jean Pascal Wahe

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Example: Photo by Martial Wahe

Scientific name: Vitex trifolia, Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Scientific name: Ficus obliqua, Speaker: Emmanuel Maasi

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: see more on Youtube

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Speaker: Jean Eskar

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Example: see more on Youtube

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by obinfiji / iNaturalist, License: CC-BY-NC via inaturalist.org

Scientific name: Vagrans egista via inaturalist.org, Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Chlorurus bleekeri via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

v couper

(Bislama) katem

Example: cut hood, or something

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Lindstrom 1986

(Bislama) Barracuda

Example: Photo by ANFC, License: CC BY-NC 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Sphyraena barracuda via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

n. inalienable

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Speaker: Martial Wahe

prendre soin

Example: take a care of something life tdon’t make die for example baby dog

Speaker: Martial Wahe

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Speaker: Martial Wahe

tissu

Speaker: Martial Wahe

n.

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by John E. Randall / FishBase EOL, License: CC BY 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Leiognathus equulus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

je tresse les feuilles de coco

Speaker: Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Naso brevirostris via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe

Example: Photo by Mark Rosenstein / iNaturalist.org, License: CC BY-SA 3.0 via Fishes of Australia

Scientific name: Parupeneus heptacanthus via FishBase, Speaker: Chief Nalau Nasip & Martial Wahe